It's an interesting journey to uproot at our age and "immigrate" elsewhere. I'm 9 months in to living full time, semi-retired in Mexico after visiting here for 10 years and the transition has been full of unexpected surprises, both challenging and fun. It's a process that I don't read a lot about from insightful writers like yourself so very much looking forward to reading about yours.
Yes, it's not easy to uproot yourself from everything that's familiar, especially from friends and family. But I think stagnation contributes to declining health over the years. Sometimes you need to shake things up just to see what parts are still working 🤣. Felicitaciones por su movimiento
> Tho I will of course have to learn to speak it more slowly and not mash the words together like I’ve stuffed a Banquise poutine down ma gueule. Tsé?
While I've lost a significant amount of French vocabulary over the years (living in the US for 14 years didn't really require speaking French), I nonetheless took the plunge when I visited Paris a few years back. I would barely utter a single word before a smile would emerge... "Ah, vous etes Canadien". A sheepish smile, a quick chuckle, and I would continue as best I could. While "love Paris, hate the Parisien" has a significant kernel of truth to it, my willingness to embarrass myself was received with appreciation. Safe travels sir.
I find people in most countries are happy to see English-speakers make an effort to speak even a little of the native language. It goes a long way to dispelling the perception that Americans (in particular) think everyone should understand English.
Have yourself great and safe travels. Hope you get to Italy ,it great sites and food.
Love it. Looking forward to following along.
It's an interesting journey to uproot at our age and "immigrate" elsewhere. I'm 9 months in to living full time, semi-retired in Mexico after visiting here for 10 years and the transition has been full of unexpected surprises, both challenging and fun. It's a process that I don't read a lot about from insightful writers like yourself so very much looking forward to reading about yours.
Yes, it's not easy to uproot yourself from everything that's familiar, especially from friends and family. But I think stagnation contributes to declining health over the years. Sometimes you need to shake things up just to see what parts are still working 🤣. Felicitaciones por su movimiento
> Tho I will of course have to learn to speak it more slowly and not mash the words together like I’ve stuffed a Banquise poutine down ma gueule. Tsé?
While I've lost a significant amount of French vocabulary over the years (living in the US for 14 years didn't really require speaking French), I nonetheless took the plunge when I visited Paris a few years back. I would barely utter a single word before a smile would emerge... "Ah, vous etes Canadien". A sheepish smile, a quick chuckle, and I would continue as best I could. While "love Paris, hate the Parisien" has a significant kernel of truth to it, my willingness to embarrass myself was received with appreciation. Safe travels sir.
I find people in most countries are happy to see English-speakers make an effort to speak even a little of the native language. It goes a long way to dispelling the perception that Americans (in particular) think everyone should understand English.
This is awesome!!! Looking forward to reading you! 😻🤘😎